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Late Night Linux – Episode 363

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Arduino’s new ToS has some people worried, some projects are starting to move away from GitHub for technical reasons, Raspberry Pi has a new model and prices are going up because of RAM costs, great news for OpenPrinting, old text adventure games get open source, and Joe’s foldable phone breaks in an unexpected way.

 

News

Arduino’s new terms of service worries hobbyists ahead of Qualcomm acquisition

Migrating from GitHub to Codeberg

Migrating Dillo from GitHub

1GB Raspberry Pi 5 now available at $45, and memory-driven price rises

Sovereign Tech Agency is investing in OpenPrinting

Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1Password Extended Access Management

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Tailscale

Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

 

 

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Linux After Dark – Episode 110

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Some of the Linux and open source tech from our past that inspired where we are today.

 

 

 

 

 

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2.5 Admins 276: Very Prudish Network

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What a government crackdown on VPNs would look like, malware groups play the long game with browser extensions, a new major version of FreeBSD is released, and using a single database vs one DB per application or VM.

 

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ZFS Enabled Disaster Recovery for Virtualization

 

News/discussion

The VPN panic is only getting started

Stealthy browser extensions waited years before infecting 4.3M Chrome, Edge users with backdoors and spyware

FreeBSD 15.0-RELEASE Announcement

 

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Late Night Linux – Episode 362

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KDE Plasma is finally moving on from X11, Tuxedo Computers abandons their Arm laptop project, Mozilla completely loses the room, but there might be a glimmer of hope.

 

News

Going all-in on a Wayland future

Help us reach the inflection point

Discontinuation of ARM Notebook with Snapdragon X Elite SoC

Linux Device Trees For Cancelled Products? Don’t “Waste Time”

Rewiring Mozilla: Doing for AI what we did for the web

Mozilla’s ‘Rewiring’ to AI – Saving the Web or Saving Itself?

Servo Announces Sponsorship Tiers To Get More Organizations Backing This Browser Engine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

Tailscale is an easy to deploy, zero-config, no-fuss VPN that allows you to build simple networks across complex infrastructure. Go to tailscale.com/lnl and try Tailscale out for free for up to 100 devices and 3 users, with no credit card required. Use code LATENIGHTLINUX for three free months of any Tailscale paid plan.

 

 

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Linux Dev Time – Episode 138

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When the right time to make a big change to your software is, how you get users to test pre-release versions, how long you keep old features around, when that’s not possible, and more.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hybrid Cloud Show – Episode 44

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Cloud security basics, some of the technical and compliance aspects, and why it ultimately comes down to a people problem.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2.5 Admins 275: G-word

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Google kept collecting sensor data even after bricking Nest thermostats, FreeBSD’s container support gets serious, and where to find cheap (or even dirt cheap) used hardware.

 

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How to Set Up a Highly Available ZFS Pool Using Mirroring and iSCSI

December Webinar: The 12 Days of ZFS: Tips, Tricks, and Treats

 

News/discussion

Google is collecting troves of data from downgraded Nest thermostats

FreeBSD Officially Supported in OCI Runtime Specification v1.3

 

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Tailscale

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Late Night Linux – Episode 361

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Ubuntu get 15 years of support, Google finally releases Android source code and backs down on “sideloading”, more steps to move on from X11, IKEA launches a range of Matter IoS gear, and more.

 

News

Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS releases to 15 years with Legacy add-on

The wait is over: Android 16 QPR1’s source code is now available on AOSP

Google will let expert Android users to sideload all apps

GNOME Mutter Now “Completely Drops The Whole X11 Backend”

PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant

Introducing Blender Lab

IKEA launches new smart home range with 21 Matter-compatible products

Ikea’s new smart home collection is entirely Matter-compatible

 

KDE Korner

Help us reach the inflection point

Google Summer of Code 2025 Conclusion – KDE Mentorship

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tailscale

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Linux After Dark – Episode 109

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How we’ve all set up our backups including GUI distros vs doing it the hard way, ZFS vs Borg, and why it’s tricky to chose the right offsite location.

 

 

 

 

 

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2.5 Admins 274: Go Go Gadget Windows

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Windows is becoming an “agentic OS”, some WD SMR drives are dying prematurely, backing up VMware with ZFS, and separating trusted and non-trusted devices on your network.

 

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Understanding Storage Performance Metrics

December Webinar: The 12 Days of ZFS: Tips, Tricks, and Treats

 

News/discussion

Microsoft is turning Windows into an ‘agentic OS,’ starting with the taskbar

Critics scoff after Microsoft warns AI feature can infect machines and pilfer data

WD launches investigation into problems with its controversial SMR hard drives

 

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